In Rolling Fork, Mississippi, hardly anyone escaped the storm without losing someone they knew or loved. “I miss my house,” a resident says. “I wish none of this had happened.”
ROLLING FORK, Mississippi — James Anderson was in bed when he heard the tornado’s roar. Startled, the 61-year-old rolled onto the floor just as his home’s windows exploded under the pressure of the storm.Through the chaos, he shouted for his sister, Barbie Anderson, to grab her grandchildren — an infant and a 7-year-old — and run. Barbie pulled them into a hallway, shielded their bodies with hers and prayed.A damaged home, left, in Rolling Fork, Miss., on Sunday.
Displaced residents rested at a Red Cross shelter set up in a National Guard Armory. Mae and Will Smith, both 71, spent the past two nights at the shelter, after a tree crashed onto their home. As the storm bore down, Smith made her granddaughter sleep in a room on the side of the house with fewer trees.Rolling Fork, Miss., Mayor Eldridge surveys help efforts in his town on Sunday.The downed tree trapped Will Smith, who’s disabled, in his room.
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